Combined steering and driving mechanism.



'Patented Nov. 14, 1911. A

3 SHITS-BHBBT 1.

S. E. n G. A. SIDERS. GoMBmED STEERING ND DRIVING Hammam.

LPPLOATIDN FILED 00T.26, 1909.

,reasonofths' arrangement, they will lnot in- ,terfere' with'each otHaving thus-desribed our invention,we, *,clairn. asv newand desireto:secure by Letromthe above". descriptiim.` By man' ulating the rod 31through a steel'-V el) (not shown) the'par'allel ste'erin in whe ros 29and 30 will rotate 4the gear casings n their pivots #10 thereby wheelsl' at anangle tothe direction of the machine,- causing it to change itsdirection.- The wheels-1 are `driven through the bevelV gearing byff thepower shaft 24, Each- .ol? eration -is lndependent of' the other,l and yters Patent 1; .In-fa device "of the class described ythe lcombinationwitha cross member of 4I )rackets ."deenjding from said cross member ateach en,

thereof, oil casings rotatably sugported on;y said: bracketsintermediate dsai cross member and said brackets, shafts joul'naled l-insaid casings, wheels secured to said shafts,

- a. d fivi bevel gearsl on said.` shafts` withinsaid, casvbevel vgears-Within said casings 'meslh ing withvfsald first-mentioned. bevelgears, oi casingsmou'nted on said cross member,

mechanism in said second-men- Ut'ioned o casings-ffor 4driving-.saidsecond- .opposite 4:directions therefrom,

. mentio'nedbevel l gear, means for dri said 'driving mechanism, lugs onsaid -irstmentioned.' IOtatablel 'oil casings extending in and: parallelsteering -rods connecting said lugs whereby said rstmentioned oil cas'are adapted .tobe'-rotatedtorsteer saidi w eels.

- -ff2..I-na device of the class describedfthe combination with .aframe, of an oil casing ffixedl'y secured on saidpvotally,v feonnectedto said frame jan @il casing frame and 1a cated subjaoentsaldfrst-mentioned oil gcasing', a' vertical shaft extending of 1n `sindfirst-mentioned beve bei flui communication witheach other so that theone canmove relative to the other.

nciining the* "said casings, a bevel gear on each end of said shaft onein'each of said casings, and a pair fhorizont'al shafts projectmgseparately in opposite directions into .said pasand-having lbevel gearsmeshing lwith gears, said casings separated from each other and out of3. In a devies of .the class'described, ,the

combination with a frame, of an. oilAoa-sin'g fixedly secured on saidlocated snbjacen't' said casing and having a lug thereon whereby it ispivotally connected tosaid, frame, a vertical countershaft en s of saids frame,l an oil vcasing first-mentloned 011 extending into both .of

aft, one im each `of aretecaslngs. there1n,and. evel ears-on Intestimony whereof have signed-my witnesses. l

.. 4 J'SAMUELE.V SIDERS.

.I I testimony whereof I have i name to this'sp'ecication inthefpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witll':

JOHN TADE, .l GEORG-E BIGm,

: GEORGE A. smarts.'

name t'o this specificatmn 1n the presence vof 70 two subscribing 2 I l

